User blog comment:Llamao/Embrace of the Viper/@comment-3474228-20110620193212/@comment-3474228-20110620202121

The vermin raise their shields to protect the arrows and stab at the rats with their spears and lances. Vermin in the back sling hot coals to the far side of the pit, where Ferus's archers are standing

Garond grabs Ferus's shield as it pushes him back and raises it, countering Ferus's own axe slash. He shoves Ferus's shield aside and drops his own weapon. "C'mon, rat. Let's see ye fight like a real warrior, no weapons! See if ye kin take on a wildcat, ye puny scourge!"